Family Thermococcaceae

Name: Thermococcaceae Zillig 1988

Category, proposed as: family, fam. nov.

Etymology: Ther.mo.coc.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Thermococcus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermococcaceae, the Thermococcus family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-mo-kok-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Thermococcus Zillig 1983

Effective publication: Zillig W, Holz I, Klenk H-P, Trent J, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Imsel E, Haas B. Pyrococcus woesei, sp. nov., an ultra-thermophilic marine Archaebacterium, representing a novel order, Thermococcales. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 9:62-70. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 24. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:136-137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Nunoura et al. (2013) assigned the genus "Chloroflexi" to this family. Publication: Nunoura T, Hirai M, Miyazaki M, Kazama H, Makita H, Hirayama H, Furushima Y, Yamamoto H, Imachi H, Takai K. Isolation and characterization of a thermophilic, obligately anaerobic and heterotrophic marine Chloroflexi bacterium from a Chloroflexi-dominated microbial community associated with a Japanese shallow hydrothermal system, and proposal for Thermomarinilinea lacunofontalis gen. nov., sp. nov. Microbes Environ 2013; 28:228-235. 🇯🇵
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tbermococcaceae"; "Themococcaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Zillig et al. (1987). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Zillig) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Zillig et al.).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 44; JCM: 40; ATCC: 19; CNCM: 5; UBOCC: 4; KCTC: 4; CIP: 4; MCCC: 3; NBRC: 2; KACC: 2.
  • 🧍 The name Thermococcaceae must be attributed to Zillig 1988 (in Zillig, Holz, Klenk, Trent, Wunderl, Janekovic, Imsel and Hass 1987) not to Zillig et al. 1988 as cited in Validation List no. 24. Publication: Zillig W, Reysenbach AL. Family I. Thermococcaceae Zillig 1988, 136VP (Effective publication Zillig in Zillig, Holz, Klenk, Trent, Wunderl, Janekovic, Imsel and Hass 1987, 69). In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 341-342. 🇺🇸

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Palaeococcus Takai et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermococcus Zillig 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermococcales Zillig 1988

Assigned by: Zillig W, Holz I, Klenk H-P, Trent J, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Imsel E, Haas B. Pyrococcus woesei, sp. nov., an ultra-thermophilic marine Archaebacterium, representing a novel order, Thermococcales. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 9:62-70. 🇩🇪

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